World Cup 2010 Blog: Soundoff: Will You Be Skipping Work/School for World Cup 2010?

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Soundoff: Will You Be Skipping Work/School for World Cup 2010? Posted: 12 Apr 2010 04:10 AM PDT Argentina’s educational authorities have come up with a very simple solution for what could have been a very complicated problem. Rather than teaching to empty rooms while kids play truant for Argentina World Cup 2010 matches, they’ve decided to just let the kids watch games in class. Genius. “The World Cup is a very important cultural event, a party and has a great educational interest,” said Alberto Sileoni, the country’s minister of education. “Watching a match at school takes up two hours of class time. But if students stay at home that’s six hours at least.” Can’t argue with that. You could try, but you’d be wrong. Unfortunately we’re not all Argentinean schoolkids. There will be millions and millions of people around the world who have other obligations during World Cup 2010 matches, and I presume the scramble to rearrange schedules and take time off for key games has already begun. I know from personal experience that when Plan A fails, then Plan B is to pull a sicky. (My apologies to any Safeway shoppers in the Halesowen area who felt their shelves were a little understacked during June and July of 1998.) So will you be watching World Cup 2010 at work? With your bosses permission or on a sneaky internet stream? If not then have you booked some time off? Or are you planning a series of 24 hour viruses that mysteriously coincide with your team’s schedule?

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